IIT Bhubaneswar Develops ArsenSafe Device for Rapid Water Testing:
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar have developed the “ArsenSafe,” a portable device which is capable of detecting the arsenic contamination in drinking water without requiring any laboratory facilities.
- This innovation offers the rapid, affordable and highly sensitive solution to one of the world’s most serious public health challenges.
- It is developed by the Sensors and Spectroscopy Research Group of IIT Bhubaneswar in collaboration with the startup incubated at the institute, the technology has the potential to improve the access to safe drinking water and specially in rural and resource-constrained regions.
- ArsenSafe is the compact handheld device which is designed to detect the arsenic contamination directly at the source. Unlike the conventional testing methods that require sophisticated laboratories and chemical-based procedures and this device can be used on-site with minimal training.
- The technology has been developed with the support from Nano Semic Pvt Ltd, a startup incubated at the Research and Entrepreneurship Park of IIT Bhubaneswar.
- The startup is led by the faculty members Sayan Dey and Akshay K.
- The portable design of device makes the water testing faster, easier and more accessible for the government agencies, environmental organizations, industries, NGOs and individual users.
